Sea-level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest

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Sea-level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest
An Analysis for Puget Sound, Southwestern
Washington, and Northwestern Oregon

Sea-level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest
An Analysis for Puget Sound, Southwestern Washington, and Northwestern Oregon
July 2007
Prepared by:
Patty Glick, Senior Global Warming Specialist, National Wildlife Federation
Jonathan Clough, Environmental/Computer Consultant, Warren Pinnacle Consulting, Inc.
Brad Nunley, GIS Specialist, National Wildlife Federation
2007 by the National Wildlife Federation

FOREWORD
Global climate change is a reality. Human emissions are driving unprecedented and dangerous climate change, with coastal regions on the front lines of its effects. If we allow climate change to continue unabated, it will have significant effects across the world. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it will jeopardize the health of our most valued natural companions: shellfish, salmon, shorebirds, and waterfowl. As this important report shows, it will also fundamentally alter the way our human community lives on this beautiful coastline, how we get our food, how we interact with nature, and how we live as neighbors to Puget Sound.

We can and must change this forecast through aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reductions, while at the same time preparing for its effects on our region. We must set policies that are based on science and data, such as those outlined in the 2007 King County Climate Plan, instead of wishful thinking. We must embed climate change assumptions into our natural resource management plans and strategies to enable the most effective environmental restoration and protection possible. Accounting for climate change projections in these plans is important from both a cost perspective and a natural resource perspective, especially for our future generations. As a public official making decisions that impact not only our community today, but also millions of future Puget Sound’s residents and their natural environment, I refuse to let future generations pay for the consequences of our current lifestyles. By taking steps today to limit climate change, we can save money, natural resources and the quality of life we all value for our region’s future residents tomorrow. This is an imperative.

With this report, the National Wildlife Federation reinforces its position of leadership on the most pressing issue facing our human and natural communities today: global climate change. Although the scenarios described in this report may sound gloomy, I am inspired by this honest presentation of one possible future of the Pacific Northwest. Only with such sound science and reason clearly illuminating the problem can we as community leaders and citizens be motivated, empowered and wise enough to cope with and limit the negative consequences of climate change to our beloved coastline. This report advances our collective understanding of that shared future, and I encourage you to read it with that same sense of purpose.

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